Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park

Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park
車籠埔斷層保存園區
File:Chelungpu Fault Preservation Education Park, NMSN.JPG Geological Science Hall
General information
Location	Zhushan, Nantou County, Taiwan
Opening	1 May 2013
Management	National Museum of Natural Science

File:Chelungpu Fault Trench Preservation Hall in Chelungpu Fault Preservation Education Park, NMSN.JPG

Fault Preservation Hall

The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park (Chinese: 車籠埔斷層保存園區; pinyin: Chēlóngbù Duàncéng Bǎocún Yuánqū) is a park in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, Taiwan established to commemorate the 921 earthquake in 1999. It is the subordinate park to the National Museum of Natural Science.

History

The establishment of the museum begin in November 2002 when a professor of geology from National Taiwan University discovered the original Chengpu Fault caused by the 921 earthquake in 1999 while conducting his investigation into the major earthquakes that struck Taiwan over the past years. The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park was created to preserve the fault and was opened to the public for testing operation on 30 January 2013 and officially opened for regular operation on 1 May the same year.

Exhibition

• Geological Science Hall
• Fault Preservation Hall

See also

• 921 earthquake
• 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
• National Museum of Natural Science
• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

External links

• Facebook - Cfpp車籠埔斷層保存園區
• YouTube - Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park (車籠埔斷層), ZhuShan, Nantou, Taiwan, 7/3/2013